ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

[he makes a certain 'hmph!' sound, leaning back and folding his arms] At least you don't have to answer to her any longer. Not unless you want to.

[enigmaster]

Yeah... [He's pretty glad about that, too.] ...I kind of wonder what she wants. She didn't want to say it over the phone.

[agoodname]

[Oswald just arches an eyebrow at that]

...and that doesn't strike you as odd?

[enigmaster]

A little. I don't know. I can't really imagine what it's about... I guess I'll just find out tomorrow.

[agoodname]

[Oswald's mouth thins a bit into a line, starting to look a bit suspicious and not too pleased about that] ...I guess you will.

[enigmaster]

[Edward... pauses for a moment.] ...Are you worried?

[agoodname]

Well...yes. [he huffs a bit] Admittedly, I don't know this woman nearly as well as you do, but she's been suspiciously silent on your predicament and then all of the sudden she shows up again and won't tell you what it's about? Yes, that sounds perfectly above-board.

[enigmaster]

Ah... It does sound a little weird that way, I guess. ...I'm not sure how much she knows about my situation. She seemed surprised when I told her my address had changed.

[agoodname]

[Oswald blows out a breath at that] ...and how has she handled your previous situations?

[enigmaster]

...

[Edward's... quiet, for a bit.]

...I tried... not to ask for anything if I didn't have to. [Edward's not big on asking for help. With good reason.] Mostly she moved me around a lot or tried getting other people... involved.

[?]

[agoodname]

[???] Other people involved?

[enigmaster]

...Counselors. Therapists. That sort of thing. [He doesn't have great experiences with those.]

[agoodname]

....It doesn't sound like that was a good thing. [from the tone of his voice...]

[enigmaster]

They were always trying to figure out why I felt the need to lie or make up stories. [...] They didn't necessarily all put it that way, but it was pretty obvious that's what was happening. I'm not a fan.

[agoodname]

[Eustace's mouth flattens into a line at that] Oh, lovely. That sounds like a brilliant time.

[enigmaster]

...Yeah. The nicer ones just said I had a very active imagination. But some of them were less kind. [...] And one time I made one of them cry by accident.

[agoodname]

[Oswald blinks at that] Well, if it was an accident, that's hardly on you.

[enigmaster]

Mhm. I was a lot younger then. I didn't quite... understand at the time, that talking about certain ghosts could leave people upset. Nor the significance of why there might be a ghost of someone around my age. [Oops.]

[agoodname]

...ah. And you spoke to said ghost, I take it.

[enigmaster]

Yes. I drew her, too. One of those art therapy things they do with kids... I'm sure that without the proper context it would have seemed, ah... unsettling.

[agoodname]

I take it she was someone important to said therapist.

[enigmaster]

...She was his daughter. So... that didn't go over very well.

[agoodname]

No, I imagine it didn't. [Oswald huffs a bit at that] How were you to know? You were a child yourself, weren't you?

[enigmaster]

I couldn't have, no. I was... maybe around seven years old at the time? I didn't know any better. [Therapy started early.] But it didn't exactly help the impression I gave people about me.

[agoodname]

Yes, well, those people were idiots. So their impression was flawed from the start, I'm afraid. [drawled]